The Portland daily press., 1887-01-18

protesting against the passage by Congress
of the Dunn free ship bill. The resolutions
were read at length and referred to the COM
mittee on finance.
Pensions were to-day granted to-
Samuel f. Gray, Ellsworth Falls.
Aaron Butler, TOgus
VIM. Tndell, Togus.
Rufus ID. Stanley, Carroll
Joseph p. Jones, Gardiner.
Reuben Perkins, Jr., Hampden
Increase of pension was granted to:
Albert II. Lawrence, Paris
Leonard ii. Merrill, Gardiner.
Henry Mandsley, Togus.
Moses g. Rice, Bangor.
Elisha X. Bowden, So. Penobscot.
Hon. S. S. Cox Improving.
The condition Of Hon. S. S. Cox is some
what improved this morning, but he is still
quite i'll. Mr.. Cox is suffering from pleurisy
and catarrh of the stomach. He is very
much emaciated, and his breathing is short
and painful His physicions while admit
ting he is very sick manifest the opinion he
will recover if something now Unforeseen
does not occur to occasion relapes
AT 8 O'Clock this evening DR.. Bliss report
ed Representative Cox's condition as con-
siderably improved since the morning con-
sultatlon, and while he is by no means out
Of danger no adverse complications have
made their appearance during the day.
Good News for Pensioners.
Under a suspension of the rules, on call of
committee on pensions, the House passed
bill giving pension of twelve dollars per
month, from time of application. to all sol
dlerS and Seamen, who served at least three
months in the army or navy in any war, and
who were honorably discharged, who are
now totally disabled so as to render them un-
able to earn support and who are depend
ent on their daily labor, where such dis
ability was not caused by vicious habits or
gross carelessness, without requiring proof
that the disability arose in the service. The
bill also provides that in considering the
previous claims OF dependent parents, shall
only be necessary to show that such parent
or parents are without other present means
OF support than their own manual labor or
the contributions of others not legally bound
for their support. The bill was reported by
the Democratic majority of the House PEN
sion committee instead Of the bill which
passed the Senate last session, and which
gave pension to all disabled soldiers, de-
pendant on their own labor for support,
without requiring proof that the disability
arose in the service. The Republican MEM
bers OF the committee were in favor of the
Senate bill, but were unable to get it report
ed. The Republicans all voted for the bill
as reported, although they protested that it
ought to go further, and include not only to-
tally disabled soldiers, but all soldiers now
disabled to any pensionable degree. The
bill as passed will help about 10000 soldiers
who are totally disabled, but will not
soldiers who are partially disabled and able
to do some work. So far as it goes it is right,
but it ought to extend to all disabled soldiers
This, however, is all the Democratic major
ity will give, and the Senate will be COM
PEELED to accept the little.
General Hazen's Funeral.
Gen. Hazen will be buried with military
honors on Wednesday at - o'clock from st.
Johns Church. His remains win be tenn
porarily inferred at Oak Hill, or Rock Greek
cemetery. The final interment will be made
after Mrs. HaZen returns from Europe, prob
ably at Hiram, o., his old home. The pail.
bearers on Wednesday will be General BEN
nett, Adiutapt General Drum, Paymaster
General Rochester, Quartermaster General
Holabord, General Duane, chief of engineers,
and Surgeon General Moore.
General Sheridan has charge of the mill
tary arrangements for the funeral The
escort will consist of detachment from the
Signal Corps, the artillery batteries station
ed here and detachment from the Marine
Corps.
An inquiry Regarding the Union Pa
cific.
Representative Anderson of Kansas intro
duced the following resolution, touching the
Union Pacific Railroad Company:
Resolved, That the Attorney General be re-
quested to inform the House by what legal author
1il tut OF Tile Union TdclIlc railroad
Company consolidated that company with the
Kansas Pacific Railroad Company and the Denver
Pacific Railroad Company and reorganized the
sale under the name OF the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company. and by what legal authority the
last named company issued S24, ,OOO 900 of capi-
tai stock of the said company in addition to the
capital stock OF the Union Pacific Railroad COM
pany; also by what legal authority the Union Pa
cine Railroad Company issued two trust loans
amounting to S11,SS3, 900, and whether said Un-
ion Pacific Railroad Company has any legal exist
ence as corporation.
A Bill to Protect American Vessels.
Mr.. Belmont of New York introduced in
the House today bill to protect American
vessels against unwarrantable and unlawful
determinations in the ports of British
North America, and it was referred to the
committee on foreign affairs.
The bill provides that hereafter whenever
the President shall be satisfied that vessels
of the United States are denied in ports of
the British Provinces in North America bor-
dering on the Atlantic ocean or in the waters
adjacent to said province the rights to which
such vessels are entitled by treaty or by the
law of nations, he may by proclama-
tion prohibit vessels bearing the Brit
ish flag and coming from such port from
entering ports Of the United States or from
exercising such privileges therein as he may
IN his proclamation define; and If on and
after the date at which such proclamation
takes effect the master or other person in
-
harbOrs, or waters of the United States for
or on account of such vessel any act forbid
den by such proclamation aforesaid YES
sci and its rigging, tackle, furniture and
boats and all goods on board shall be liable
to seizure as forfeiture to the United States
and any person or persons preventing or
attempting to prevent any officer of the
United States from enforcing this act shall
forfeit and pay to the United States $1,000,
and shall be guilty OF misdemeanor, and
conviction fharoof chall ba lio1.la fr i'm,
prlsOnment Tor term not exceeding two
years. The President may also by such
proclamation forbid entrance into the United
States of all merchandise coming by land
from the Provinces of British North Ameri-
ca, and may also forbid entrance into the
United States of cars, locomotives, or other
rolling stock, or any railway company char
tered under the laws of said Province, and
upon proof that privileges secured In article
20 of the treaty concluded between the Unit
ed States and Great Britain on the eighth
day of May, 1871, are denied as to goods.
wares, and merchandise arriving at ports of
British North America. The President may
also by proclamation forbid the exercise of
like privileges as to goods, wares and mer-
chandise arriving in any of the ports of the
United States, and any person violating or
attempting to violate the provisions of any
proclamation issued under the section shall
forfeit and pay to the United States the sum
Of $1,000, and shall be guilty Of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall
be liable to Imprisonment for a term not ex-
ceeding two years.
A Gift to Mrs. Logan.
The citizens of Chicago having contributed
$4,000 to the fund for the payment of en-
cumbrances now resting upon the home of
Mrs. Logan in this city, Col. l.. NJ. Parker
today called on her and obtaining from her
check on Riggs d Co. paid off the notes.
Later in the day he presented to Mrs. Logan
the cancelled notes, and she now owns the
house known as Calumet Place on Colombia
Heights free from all encumbrances. Mrs.
Logan's gratitude was expressed in a letter
to VIM. Porin Nixon of Chicago, thanking
him for his efforts and those who
had contributed so generously to her future
comfort